Warden Force: Deadly Intent and Other True Game Warden Adventures

Summary

Warden Force is a collection of award-winning short stories currently spanning seven volumes. Each story reveals the true adventures of California Fish and Game Wardens and the wildlife-destroying outlaws they pursue. These stories illustrate the wide variety of wildlife-related problems wardens face in California, which has a greater diversity of wildlife and wildlife habitat than any other state and is second only to Alaska in its vast expanses of wilderness. "Skin-Head Fred": Wardens tangle with a murderous, meth-cooking, game-killing, Neo Nazi. "Spreaders": Wardens target a highly intelligent, super-wary commercial lobster pirate. "Deadly Intent": An alert warden stays alive and saves a life. "The Poor Eyesight of Love": The arrest of a man and wife poaching team reminds wardens that love can indeed be blind. "Ruthless": Crossbow-wielding, night-hunting outlaws face sly wardens who never give up. "Ghost of the Feather": Salmon poachers on the Feather River mix it up with an old pro warden. "Abalone Boy": An abalone-poaching commercial sea urchin diver earns his way into state prison. "Anything but Cheap": A tough young warden targets ruthless, bear-killing houndsmen. "Knock-and-Talks": A highly experienced, slick-talking warden outsmarts goose and deer poachers. "Woody Peckerwood": A dumb crook story in which the dumb crook steals the wrong man’s boots. "Kegger": Wardens break up a midnight keg party, and a gutsy college student becomes an instant legend. "The Troubling Case of Walter Sumpter": A highly troubled teenager commits a terrifying crime with ominous implications.

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